The Oxford Handbook of the Law of the Sea

Donald R. Rothwell is Professor of International Law at the ANU College of Law, Australian National University, Australia where he has taught since 2006, and was previously Challis Professor of International Law at the University of Sydney (2004-2006). His research areas include the law of the sea, the law of the polar regions, international security law, and international law in Australia. He is author, co-author and editor of 16 books.Alex G. Oude Elferink is Deputy Director of the Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea at the School of Law, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. His research interests include the law of the sea, the law of the polar regions, and the relationship between international law and international relations.Karen N. Scott is a Professor of Law at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. Her research interests include Antarctic law and policy, the law of the sea and international environmental law. She is the editor of the New Zealand Yearbook of International Law and a member of the Advisory Board to Gateway Antarctica at the University of Canterbury.Tim Stephens is Professor of International Law and Australian Research Council Future Fellow at the Sydney Law School, University of Sydney, Australia. He is President of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law.

The contributors were encouraged to consider future challenges and developments in the law of the sea... The Handbook provides a valuable resource for those involved in such critical developments.

• 1. Historical Development of the Law of the Sea ; 2. The 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ; 3. Between Stability and Change in the Law of the Sea Convention: Subsequent Practice, Treaty Modification, and Regime Interaction ; 4. Baselines ; 5. The Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone ; 6. International Straits ; 7. The Archipelagic Regime ; 8. The Exclusive Economic Zone ; 9. The Continental Shelf ; 10. The High Seas ; 11. The Deep Seabed ; 12. Maritime Boundary Delimitation ; 13. Port and Coastal States ; 14. Flag States ; 15. Landlocked and Geographically Disadvantaged States ; 16. The United Nations: A Practitioner's Perspective ; 17. Law of the Sea Convention Institutions ; 18. Courts and Tribunals: The ICJ, ITLOS, and Arbitral Tribunals ; 19. The International Maritime Organization ; 20. Regional Fisheries Management Organisations ; 21. Integrated Oceans Management: A New Frontier in Marine Environmental Protection ; 22. Marine Living Resources ; 23. Science and the International Regulation of Marine Pollution ; 24. Navigational Rights and Freedoms ; 25. Marine Scientific Research ; 26. Maritime Security ; 27. The Mediterranean Sea ; 28. The South China Sea ; 29. North-East Atlantic and the North Sea ; 30. The Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico ; 31. The Indian Ocean and the Law of the Sea: A Work in Progress ; 32. Polar Oceans and Law of the Sea ; 33. Conserving Marine Biodiversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: Co-Evolution and Interaction with the Law of the Sea ; 34. Warming Waters and Souring Seas: Climate Change and Ocean Acidification ; 35. Threatened Species and Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems ; 36. Marine Bioprospecting ; 37. Piracy ; 38. Military Operations ; 39. Charting the Future for the Law of the Sea